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Maun Airport (IATA: MUB, ICAO: FBMN) is an international airport serving the town of Maun in the North-West District of Botswana. It is on the north side of the town and is accessible by shuttle bus or taxi.

Maun International Airport
IATA: MUB ICAO: FBMN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana
Serves	Maun, Botswana
Hub for	Air Botswana Mack Air
Elevation AMSL	3,093 ft / 943 m
Coordinates	19°58′21″S 23°25′50″E
Website	caab.co.bw
Map
MUB Location of the airport in Botswana
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 3,700 12,139 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[1] SkyVector[2]

Maun Airport serves as the main gateway to the Okavango Delta and the Moremi Game Reserve. Many tour operators offer chartered flights over the Delta and to Botswana destinations such as the Makgadikgadi Pans, one of the largest seasonal wetlands in Africa. There are also daily scheduled flights to destinations in Botswana and South Africa.[3][4]

Wilderness Air operates regular charter flights from its Windhoek-Eros-hub, Namibia to Maun.[5]

Early history 1925-1939

The aircraft were awaited as they brought news of the outside world, mail, medicines, foodstuffs, and above all, new people to a community hundreds of kilometres from the nearest big town. The first air service began in the 1930s, using a landing strip that today is Maun's main street. The strip was later moved away from the town centre to the present site of the airport.

The earliest known flights over the Okavango took place in July 1925, and were part of a survey of rivers in the region, using aircraft based in Livingstone. Two Airco D.H. 9 type, numbers 142 and 144 of the then Union Defense Force of South Africa, were used, piloted by Captain C.W. Meredith and Lieutenant L. Tasker. They routed to Livingstone from Johannesburg via Bulawayo.[6]

Airlink commenced direct flights between Cape Town and Maun starting in March 2016.[7] In October 2016, Air Namibia suspended scheduled flights to Maun Airport.[3] In May 2018 government officials confirmed their commitment to refurbish and upgrade the existing airport building.[8]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Botswana	Gaborone, Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo, Kasane, Victoria Falls
Airlink	Cape Town,[9] Johannesburg–O. R. Tambo[10]
Fastjet Zimbabwe	Victoria Falls[11]

Accidents

In March 2000 a Cessna 414 crashed on its way from Gaborone to Maun. The pilot and a passenger walked for over 200 kilometres (120 mi) to find help.[12]

See also

• Transport in Botswana
• List of airports in Botswana

References

External links

• Air Botswana (2009) Official Flight Schedule
• C. Michael Hogan (2008) Makgadikgadi, The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham
• Maun Airport (MUB/FBMN) (2008), AZWorldAirports.com
• Air Namibia axes Windhoek to Maun route
• Maun in Helipaddy
• Accident history for Maun at Aviation Safety Network

На других языках

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[de] Flughafen Maun

Der Flughafen Maun (englisch Maun Airport) ist der internationale Verkehrsflughafen von Maun in Botswana und gilt als Tor zum Okavangodelta. Er liegt etwa fünf Kilometer östlich der Stadt.

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- [en] Maun Airport

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[fr] Aéroport de Maun

L'aéroport de Maun (code IATA : MUB • code OACI : FBMN) est un aéroport situé à Maun, dans le District du Nord-Ouest, au Botswana.

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[it] Aeroporto di Maun

L'aeroporto di Maun (IATA: MUB, ICAO: FBMN) è un aeroporto botswano situato nella parte settentrionale del tessuto urbano di Maun, centro turistico del Distretto Nordoccidentale. Indicato dalla Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana (CAAB) come International Major Airport,[3] lo scalo è il secondo, dopo l'Aeroporto Internazionale Sir Seretse Khama della capitale Gaborone, per traffico passeggeri del paese, strategicamente importante per il turismo locale essendo accesso al Delta dell'Okavango e alla Riserva faunistica Moremi.[2]

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[ru] Маун (аэропорт)

Аэропорт Маун (ИАТА: MUB, ИКАО: FBMN) — международный аэропорт, расположенный в городе Маун в северной части Ботсваны[1].

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